Ethnicity as a Protective Factor Against Internalization of a Thin Ideal and body Dissatisfaction

Authors

Cortney S. Warren, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
David H. Gleaves, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New ZealandFollow
Antonio Cepeda-Benito, Texas A&M University
Maria del Carmen Fernandez, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Sonia Rodriguez-Ruiz, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-8-2005

Publication Title

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volume

37

Issue

3

First page number:

241

Last page number:

249

Abstract

Objective: We examined the potential for ethnicity to moderate the relationships between awareness and internalization of sociocultural ideals of appearance and between internalization and body dissatisfaction. (See article for full abstract)

Keywords

Ethnicity; Thin ideal; Body dissatisfaction; Eating disorders

Disciplines

Psychology

Language

English

Repository Citation

Warren, C. S., Gleaves, D. H., Cepeda-Benito, A., Fernandez, M., Rodriguez-Ruiz, S. (2005). Ethnicity as a Protective Factor Against Internalization of a Thin Ideal and body Dissatisfaction. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 37(3), 241-249.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eat.20102